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Published on: September 18, 2020
RBPSponge: genome-wide identification of lncRNAs that sponge RBPs
Saber HafezQorani1, Aissa Houdjedj2, Mehmet Arici3
1Department of Health Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 06800, Turkey.
Summary:
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) can act as molecular sponge or decoys for an RNA-binding protein (RBP) through their RBP-binding sites, thereby modulating the expression of all target genes of the corresponding RBP of interest. Here, we present a web tool named RBPSponge to explore lncRNAs based on their potential to act as a sponge for an RBP of interest. RBPSponge identifies the occurrences of RBP-binding sites and CLIP peaks on lncRNAs, and enables users to run statistical analyses to investigate the regulatory network between lncRNAs, RBPs and targets of RBPs.
Availability And Implementation:
The web server is available at https://www.RBPSponge.com.
Supplementary Information:
Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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